Improvement in hat and cap combined



J. MUELLER. Hat and Gap Combined.

No. 220,167. Patented Sept. 30,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH MUELLER, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

` IMPROVEMENT IN HAT ANL? CAP COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,167., datedSeptember 30,1879; application filed August 29, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MUELLER, of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Im- .proved Hat and GapCombined, which invencap is placed within the hat it forms a liningthereto, while when i-t is removed from the hat the same can be Worn, asin traveling, independently of the hat.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the hat 5 B, its sweat-band,and C the cap. The hat Ais one having a low crown, `and the sweat-band Bis attached thereto in the usual manner. The cap C is fitted into thehat A, and in this example has a substantially similar shape to thecrown of 'the hat. Said cap, more over, is of such size that when putinto the hat A the edge thereof may be extended under the sweat-band B,as shown, so that it is held in position by that means.

I usually make the cap C of a light or thin fabric, as silk, so that itdoes not materially add to the weight of the hat, and use two pieces offabric-a cover and liningwhich I connect at their edges by a band, D, atthe same time combining a strip of buckram or the like with this band,so that the cap has a certain body or stiffness on the edge.

It will be readily understood that when the cap C is placed within thehat the latter has an ordinary appearance, since the cap in that casesimply forms a lining to the hat, While the cap is adapted to be wornindependently of the hat when removed therefrom.

My improvement is very advantageous to travelers on railroads, as both ahat and cap are had without its being necessary to carry the twoarticles separately, as heretofore, and it may be applied to hats of anyshape or material.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

. The combination, with a hat and its sweatband, of a cap which isfitted into the hat and adapted to be held therein .by the sweat-band,substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I .have hereunto set my hand andseal this 22d day of August, 1879.

` JOSEPH MUELLER. Witnesses:

W. HAUTE, CEAS. WAHLEns.

